Lafayette Theatre is holding their third annual Playworks Festival. This festival has students directing and producing the shows as well as casting done by seniors. The plays, this year, are Homecoming directed by Chris McCormick...

On Friday, January 23rd, Lafayette Theatre performed two shows of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat during A2 and A4. The tickets were sold during all five lunches until Thursday the 22nd for $5. The story of Joseph...

The Outdoors Club is a club that is related to outdoor sports, activities and recreational fun here at Lafayette. Ms. Detraz is the sponsor and runs Outdoors club and all the activities it participates in. The mission of...

With the quarantine and no school, seniors are missing out on special events they would have done if they were in school, like school musicals, graduation, and prom. They are all sad and devastated, but they are trying to make the best of their senior year from home. Besides doing NTI, (non-traditional instruction), they are...

These past few weeks have been a struggle for everyone, from teachers to students, and their parents. Ever since the end of March, students have been home doing school studies, wondering if they’ll get to walk their school halls again this year. Those who struggled with their school work and needed help understanding the criteria...

Recently, when you go on walks, you may see that your neighbors have put little teddy bears in their windows. Which was very confusing to look at while I waited for my dog to get her business done. It took me around a week to actually look into these bears, and when I did, the...

Many students are bored by just the thought of school. Waking up to an alarm at 6:30 am is not a pleasant experience, and not many people are excited to catch the school bus every morning. However, one thing that can make school a much more exciting place is to have a class pet. Meet...

Every year, more and more students begin taking AP classes. These classes are meant to help prepare you for college-like work. With more students at Lafayette taking more of these advanced classes, the stress level begins to grow during the middle of the second semester. There are a variety of AP classes offered here at...

COVID-19 has greatly impacted all social events worldwide, and unfortunately, this does not exclude the sports world. With constant developments occurring, what we know about how sports leagues in the United States and North America are being affected by and are addressing the pandemic is constantly changing. From canceling the NCAA basketball tournaments to suspending...

From April 23rd through the 25th, SCAPA was planning on putting on a production of Hello Dolly at the Lexington Opera House. Unfortunately, this production has been cancelled due to COVID-19. This was announced to the cast and crew on March 17th via Remind. This news is heartbreaking to everyone but especially for the seniors,...

If you tuned into Governor Andy Beshear’s daily 5 o’clock briefing on April 15th, you may have heard something different. About half an hour into the briefing, while Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman was speaking about the Team Kentucky fund, unintelligible shouting and horns could be heard in the background. The shouting soon escalated throughout the...

The newspaper is a staple of American journalism, but at the turn of the century, paper versions have almost become extinct. Some Americans have yet to notice this change, prefering to use large news online sites such as CNN, Fox, or NBC to get their breaking news, and while this change is overall more economically...

Lily Patterson, Staff Writer

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